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Jose Ledesma
Jose Ledesma
Senator of the Philippines from the 7th District
	In office; 21 July 1927 – 2 June 1931 Serving with Jose Hontiveros; Antonio Belo
Preceded by	Jose Maria Arroyo
Succeeded by	Ruperto Montinola
Governor of Iloilo
	In office; 1945–1945
Preceded by	Patricio Confesor
Succeeded by	Tomas Vargas
	In office; 1925–1927
Preceded by	Ruperto Montinola
Succeeded by	Jose Lopez-Vito
Personal details
Political party	Nacionalista

Jose Benedicto Ledesma was a Filipino politician who served as governor of the province of Iloilo and senator.

Biography

Jose Ledesma completed a bachelor's degree in law and passed the Philippine bar entrance exam in 1912. From the same year he was also a member of the Iloilo Provincial Board. From 1925 to 1927 he was governor of Iloilo. When Senator Jose Maria Arroyo died in 1927, Ledesma was elected during a special election on July 21, 1927, for the remainder of his term in the Philippine Senate as representative of the 7th District until 1931.^[1] After the Second World War, Ledesma was appointed acting governor of Iloilo in 1946.

References

^ "List of Previous Senators". Senate of the Philippines. Retrieved 6 June 2023.

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[1] "List of Previous Senators". Senate of the Philippines. Retrieved 6 June 2023.

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